Today's Topics: 1. ALCTS Affiliate Relations Committee report from ALA Annual Conference 2015 (Elaine Franco)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 ALCTS Affiliate Relations Committee report from the ALA Annual Conference 2015. This report will also appear in ALCTS News. Elaine Franco, Past Chair, ALCTS Affiliate Relations Committee, and Member, CLA TSIG Steering Committee [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Committee Reports from Division and Sections This report is for (name of the group): * Affiliate Relations Committee Division or Section? * ALCTS Division Meeting Date * Sunday, June 28, 2015 Meeting Time * 1:00:00 PM Members Present plus Guests Elaine Franco, Alissa Hafele, Lesley Looper, Shannon Tennant, Yuji Tosaka Members Absent Daisy Cheng, Katy Divittorio, Teressa Keenan, Vickie Toranzo, Sadie Williams, Naomi Kietzke Young, Lihong Zhu, Elise Wong (Virtual Member) Report * Affiliate Relations Committee Chair Elaine Franco and incoming Chair Shannon Tennant staffed a table at ALCTS 101 on Friday, June 26. Attendees, especially those new to a state or region, appreciated that ARC maintains a national directory of Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Affiliates. The opportunity to be active in state or regional professional associations, and to gain experience applicable to future national-level appointments, was appealing to those unable to commit to national conference attendance at this time. With the American Library Association Annual Conference in San Francisco this year, a California Library Association Technical Services Interest Group program from the November 2014 California Library Association Conference was an obvious choice for Affiliates Showcase on Saturday, June 27. Luiz Mendes, California State University, Northridge, and Kevin Balster, University of California, Los Angeles, presented ?RDA: Resource Description and Access: An Update.? The ALA presentation updated the 2014 CLA program and included information on RDA post-implementation revisions and national policies (from the Library of Congress, Program for Cooperative Cataloging, OCLC, etc.), including the use of new fields for bibliographic and authority records. Attendees actively joined discussion on implementing RDA in their own libraries and considering options for public catalog display, workflow, local policies, training, and keeping current with revised documentation. Slides from the progr! am, including a much-appreciated list of online and print resources, are posted at the session site on the ALA 2015 Conference Scheduler <http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29140> under "comments.? Discussion during the committee meeting on June 28 acknowledged the networking opportunities provided through ARC?s participation in ALCTS 101, in person and as a webinar. While the Affiliates Showcase (now in its fourth year) has a dedicated conference slot and name recognition among the affiliate groups, a more specific topical listing in future Conference Schedulers might attract a wider audience. Topics suggested by the new ALCTS Program Coordinating Group may be considered when selecting future Affiliates Showcase presentations. ARC would welcome the opportunity to add committee procedures and best practices, including guidelines for ALCTS affiliation, to an updated ALCTS handbook. Two prospective affiliates (in Hawaii and Michigan) are preparing to apply for ALCTS affiliation. ARC plans to have new identifying ribbons for ALCTS Affiliates (that is, the affiliate groups, not the Affiliate Relations Committee) available for distribution at Midwinter 2016. Such ribbons could also be requested by affiliate group officers for use during their state, regional, or local conferences. Shipping could probably be accomplished via first class mail and absorbed by ARC members or their libraries. A large turnover of the ARC membership, migration from ALA Connect to a new system, and the usual transition of affiliate officers will challenge the committee to keep the Directory of ALCTS Affiliates up-to-date and accessible. Incoming Chair Shannon Tennant has experience as an ARC member, as well as a committee chair within the former Council of Regional Groups. Incoming member Alissa Hafele (who has served as Social Media Coordinator for the ALCTS New Member Interest Group) has volunteered to manage ARC?s Twitter account. Affiliate Relations Committee expects that its ongoing activities to engage and communicate with the affiliated state and regional technical services groups will support the 2015 ALCTS Strategic Plan, especially in regard to increasing awareness of the ALCTS mission and activities to outside groups and increasing participation in ALCTS activities for virtual members and under-involved groups. Your Name * Elaine Franco Your Email * [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ End of Tsig Digest, Vol 39, Issue 5 ***********************************
